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fog-eater
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a phenomenon resembling a rainbow, occurring in a fog about to dissipate.
See: fog scoffer
Quotations
1935
We could now see almost a hundred yards about us; above the fog the sun was shining from a cloudless sky, forming the sun-bow on the fog called a "fog-eater."
1958
Whenever you see a fog-eater, the fog is going to lift.
1963
With the calms come fog bows--the "fog eaters" of the Eskimo. This peculiar phenomenon resembles a rainbow in the fog, mainly made up of thick, grey fog. On some days, this arch will revolve completely around an observer as the sun turns in the sky.